... I woke up this morning with the same thing...at 7:30 this morning , called my dermatologist who said to come right over. I ran over at lunch time.....she injected it- and guess what? 4 hours later, its almost completely gone....by tomorrow It will be!
I have suffered with cystic acne for years...its horrible and you have my sympathy too...however, there is only one way to... (11 replies)

... My daughter has been using proactive for about a year now. It has made a huge difference for her. She is very good about using it twice a day. If she misses a couple days while away from home she breaks out. ... (11 replies)

... I ran out once and didn't have the money to buy more, and in those couple of months, my face got BAD. Hugecysts everywhere. But when I got Proactive again, it didn't do anything for my skin except make it itchy and red and dry. ... (11 replies)

... t types of antibotics, used prescription creams etc. and nothing worked. She also tried Proactive and that didn't work either. We spent a lot of time and money on medication and doctors. ... (31 replies)

... i am going to be starting month 4 here tomorrow...the accutane has really minimized by breakouts, i was getting a ton of cysts all the time all over my face. i have stopped getting new spots almost completely and i am so very thankful for that. ... (3 replies)

... I hear you. I dont even feel self concious at all about my active acne infections anymore..I could care less about the few small zits Ive had recently. Its the huge red marks left behind on the middle of my nose from two horrible cysts that im so embarassed of. ... (7 replies)

... I'm not coping very well at all. When I have a good week or month I feel great, good meaning not any huge painful cysts or major breakout that I can't cover with make up. When I have a bad week or month however I'm really depressed. ... (41 replies)

... and my skin is such a mess. I'm getting really depressed. I've got at least ten little whiteheads, five big cysts and several bumps that I can see coming in. Plus huge pores on my nose and cheeks. ... (4 replies)

... cyclen and it did just what youre describing Alesse did. I had to stop, I was getting such worse acne when acne was the reason i went on the pill. I think i could only take it for a couple weeks! So I went off, and my face cleared back up to normal. ... (5 replies)

... ok so ive stopped using antibiotics for about 3 months now and ive been doing pretty good, my back acne is pretty much gone (used to have a lot while being on antibiotics) and my face gets a pimple once every 3 days (not cyst pimple), anyways i noticed that milk was one of the main causes of my acne and ever since i stopped drinking milk ive gotten my back cleared up (i used... (6 replies)